Microsoft Learn: Building applications with GitHub Copilot agent mode (module)
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What you'll learn
You open a GitHub Codespace, prompt Copilot agent mode to create an application, steer it with documentation files and watch how it works through a codebase to fix errors, refactor and add features.
- Develop with VS Code in a GitHub Codespace
- Prompt Copilot agent mode to create an application
- Use documentation files to instruct agent mode
- How agent mode fixes errors and refactors code
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Intermediate People with some experience who want to go further or prove what they know.
- What you get
- Hands on skills you can use right away. No certificate, so the proof is what you do with it. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about Self paced.
- How to use it
- Turn it into proof: use the skill on one real task at work, put the result on your résumé, and lead with that story in interviews.
- Why it's worth it
- Real skills you can put to work right away. Use them on the job, show the results, and you have a story that beats a stack of certificates.
What you will payLearning is freeNo free award is included. Any exam or certificate is a separate cost.
- Time
- Not published; self paced, 6 units.
- Before you start
- GitHub account and a basic understanding of GitHub Copilot.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced, with a GitHub Skills exercise.
- Renewal
- None stated.
- Full cost details
- Free on Microsoft Learn; uses a GitHub Codespace and a GitHub Copilot plan.
- Where it applies
- Online worldwide.
Checked at the source Oct 23, 2026
Sources and what we verified
Microsoft Learn module page: objectives, roles, 6 units ↗What we verified: Module page loaded today lists intermediate level, six units, objectives and prerequisites. One prerequisite line on the page is placeholder text. Codespaces and Copilot have free tiers with usage limits, which the module page does not detail.
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